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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1935
Page
4
Gordon K Bush serves as Publisher and General Manager while Onaries H Harris is named Managing Editor, outlining key editorial leadership roles.
The Rural Electrification Administration chief Morris L. Cook says power should come from existing energy sources, prioritizing distribution extensions and coal as the main long term source for farm areas. His plan aims to use coal to support Ohio miners and expand local markets.
The piece notes the appeal of Bruno Hauptmann to the U S Supreme Court after his conviction in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. It cites circumstantial evidence including ransom money found with Hauptmann, handwritten notes, and wood traces from his tools linking to the ladder, arguing the NJ court saw a strong guilt case with no reasonable doubt.
An Athens editorial condemns a dog poisoner after several cruel acts in town. It notes Ohio law fines or jails for dog poisoning and argues the penalty is too light for harming pets and grieving families. The piece laments drivers and now a poisoner add to dangers facing dogs.
A homeless wanderer was struck by a speeding car and killed on a Cleveland street. The driver was traced hours later and in a nervous collapse explained he panicked after the crash. The piece urges motorists to stop, aid the victim, and report to the police.
Argentina notes a grasshopper plaque affecting crops and ecosystems as insects influence local agriculture. The report hints at ecological shifts and potential impacts on soil health and ant activity.
Washington columnist Rodney Dutcher reports that Senator Dennis Chavez faces friction with Interior Secretary Ickes over the secretary’s aide Edward Puryear. Chavez cites a forged contract alleging GOP influence, while Louis Glavis investigates, finding no source in Puryear’s office and Republican officials call the documents fake.
The investigators found Phillips living in an apartment used by Joseph Martinez, secretary to Senator Chavez, and sometimes by Dennis Chavez Jr. Phillips denied knowing Puryear, recounted calls from a man claiming to be Puryear, and showed a contract he found to Martinez who urged him to show it to Senator Chavez. A taxi driver emerged as a canvassed RNC candidate rumor, and Ickes exonerated his director of personnel.
High officials in the Ickes organization and allies of Puryear face heated tensions over a recent incident. Strained ties with Senator Chavez's office are noted, and Chavez’s cousin Teabot Chavez left a minor Interior Department post. The feud may hinge on an alleged frameup aimed at Puryear.
A critical reflection on Mussolini era propaganda shows Italian soldiers bound for Africa smiling for pictures while real casualties flood back through the Suez Canal. The piece notes suffering from Ethiopian bullets and tropical fever, urging awareness of war’s grim cost beyond triumphant imagery.
Abe Larkin a Meigs County pioneer moved from Vermont to Leading Creek in 1804 with his family and became part of Judge Higley’s farm community. Nehemiah Bicknell, born in Rhode Island, settled in Athens Ohio in 1815 and aided early church, cemetery, and road projects, later dying in a railroad accident after visiting his New York boyhood home.
News recounts the Athens High School Economics Club with John Miller as president Mary Marwick as vice president Irene France as secretary treasurer and Helen Roush Mary Hughes Cecil Ladd on the executive committee. It notes Professor C Bird of Ohio University discussing his Oberlin days including being 1910 football captain and All American. Paris predicts hair fashion revival as bobbed hair falls from favor.
Israel Putnam president of the Boy's Congress spoke in Chauncey Millfield and Nelsonville where union meetings of the young people's societies had been arranged. Miss Frances McAuslan presided over the Girls' Congress. Winners beat Mohicans 6 to 0 in a high school football game at the Playground with players listed. Referee Emde Porter umpire Nye. Birth announced for a son Friday October 15 to Mr and Mrs W W Daggett. Miss Nelle Finsterwald visited from Lowell.
A signed Public Forum letter from R. H. McCray of Nelsonville argues for supporting the Townsend plan as a remedy to wealth concentration and unemployment. The writer condemns opposition from newspapers and stresses relief for elderly and destitute citizens amid national economic hardship.
A collection of quotes on warfare policy, dieting and beauty standards, government price policies, patriotism, and a factual note about Campbell Hill in Logan County Ohio. The remarks span diverse topics and voices from public figures and historians.
The display in Richmond Hill New York features the mug once used by George Rudroff Mutt of the firm who drank 90 glasses daily for eight years. Before Prohibition he tested beer in New York breweries and consumed 30 glasses daily during employment.
Jean Dunn, secretary to lawyer Donald Montague, helps Sandy Markins and faces police scrutiny when a bank robber is sought. Montague introduces Inspector Thomas and Sergeant Hagan to probe a mistaken identity linked to the Acme Box Company robbery. Jean recalls details of two hours around the Ontario road area and a later return to the boat house.
Poems titled Ohio Moon and A Pair of Eyes appear in the Messenger with verses by EDNA V. COPPER of Athens Ohio and DOROTHY KUNTZ of Pomeroy Ohio. The pieces praise nature and describe a traveler and expressive blue brown eyes in compact quatrains.
An explanation of leukemia noting white blood cells high in blood, bone marrow origin, and how excess cells impair health. The article describes symptoms such as weakness and bleeding, potential causes, and the generally poor prognosis, including survival times.
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